GTA 6's "$2B" budget and a $100 price tag is, for me, way too jarring compare to the game which clean swept 2025 Game Awards and had a 50$ price tag
Disclaimer: this is not a hate post or anything, it's just a discussion on how a budget will effect a game positively or negatively. GTA 6's $2B and 100$ price tag may affect how developers later on price their games as they are try to find a reason to justify pricing their games above $80 and the apparent $1B Pre-order revenue says it all. Compare that to the game which: Had two big celebrities like Charlie Cox and Andy Serkis Had a budget of $10M and a $50 price tag Had the production of a AAA game despite being labeled "indie game" Had won almost every single nomination for the 20